2019 British Student Quiz Championships Final

2019 British Student Quiz Championships Final - Cambridge A vs Oxford A

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The final of the British Student Quiz Championships, contested between Cambridge A and Oxford A, and filmed at Imperial College, London on 10th March 2019.
BSQC is the UK's largest student quizbowl event. The 2019 iteration was the biggest yet, with 28 teams representing 16 institutions attending. At the end of the day only Cambridge A and Oxford A remained undefeated. A full report of the tournament is available here: quizbowl.co.uk/articles/bsqc-.... Team and individual statistics can be viewed here: hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments....
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@Biawaksakit Жыл бұрын

the audacity that i have to pretend thinking of the answers while i was struggling to understand the questions

@Whatshah Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@clvsidy Жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA LMAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAO OMG IM LAUGHING

@Whatshah Жыл бұрын

This is so underrated comment I have ever seen...

@juvvilarinho Жыл бұрын

yes 😂

@TheYaq 11 ай бұрын

Me too my english not the best xd

@usuario-si9rr Жыл бұрын

Just the fact that these gentleman understand every word of the speaker is already impressive. Not even the cc could keep up with the accent.

@JP-mu5er Жыл бұрын

it's neutral english

@baseballisntboring Жыл бұрын

@@JP-mu5er accent

@larryhatcher8927 Жыл бұрын

Also the fact they are in a big chamber with an echo does not help

@mingyue_chen Жыл бұрын

I don't understand too well either but I don't think they have an accent. It's just normal British English.

@ltisenotem Жыл бұрын

Of all the English accents, how on earth is this one hard to understand? "Keep up" with the accent? I must be hearing something else 😂😂

@crithappenstfa7749 Жыл бұрын

I can proudly say that I not only couldn't get a single question right but wasn't even able to understand the question to begin with.

@dattebayo81 Жыл бұрын

Listening skills

@kokos1209 Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@johnpaulaparri2431 Жыл бұрын

😂

@sohankhatri1033 Жыл бұрын

😂

@raypaul4818 Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@ninohanselakol4769 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why I was still listening despite of not understanding anything😂😂

@huidromsindomitablefamily5444 Жыл бұрын

Same here 😂😂

@clvsidy Жыл бұрын

HAHAHAH

@andredurval4033 Жыл бұрын

Yeah tf

@Fluoroantimonic09 Жыл бұрын

Yehh same here 🥲

@gmctl09 Жыл бұрын

Same😂

@GbrElfunk 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best big bang theory episode in all season 3

@dhanushp7962 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@luna-en7rv 2 жыл бұрын

Omg jajajajja

@u.v.s.5583 Жыл бұрын

Bazinga!

@boo_wow 3 ай бұрын

Omg hahaha, absolutely!

@tzhimo5617 Жыл бұрын

Perfectly balanced team. 3 spectacle guys in each team.

@Thomaswebb745 Жыл бұрын

This shit has me dying

@hotpotato265 Жыл бұрын

They probably even put on purpose the 2 guys without the glasses in the middle right

@markazybs9958 Жыл бұрын

So true. Spectacles have some extra neurons that they add to the wearer. 😅

@BlessedDominic Жыл бұрын

the new meta

@ameenpanthakkan Жыл бұрын

lets wear some spectacles to get genius 😂

@rkrough6996 Жыл бұрын

You need to understand that these guys are much smarter than even the ordinary Oxford/Cambridge student, I study at Cambridge and I would have lost so bad on this one

@ll-vj2uu Жыл бұрын

What do you study?

@rkrough6996 Жыл бұрын

@@ll-vj2uu I am doing my undergraduate, currently year 2 in the Engineering course and will be choosing my specialization in year 3. I am mostly likely going to choose electrical and information sciences.

@ll-vj2uu Жыл бұрын

@@rkrough6996 That's great. Good for you. Would you say that the classes are much better than at other universities?

@legiontime9897 Жыл бұрын

@@rkrough6996 , why are you omerican England. Who are you. How are you. Best universities, bananas, palaces. Aaa

@javierrobinsoncrusoe5513 Жыл бұрын

I understood that that with just see them.

@fighthive4808 Жыл бұрын

Love at the final question when it starts with “This economist…” and the economics student from Oxford immediately leans forward.

@cariocap2a Жыл бұрын

33:46

@ArthurMendonca. 11 ай бұрын

@@cariocap2a THANKSSSSSSSS

@rahrah4610 11 ай бұрын

haha

@lolollolol5654 11 ай бұрын

haha i did the exact same when the architecture questions came (just finished arch)

@edu.spinelli 5 ай бұрын

Dude, I read your comment and went looking and clicked exactly on the 33:48 min... OmG.

@jackgraham4973 Жыл бұрын

19:10 the man three rows back whispers the answer to his mate. legendary.

@pat7785 Жыл бұрын

That cheeky nod when the answer was read cracked me up.

@lryusaki7937 Жыл бұрын

The only asnwer I kew was that and the walking dead.

@miyamoto900 Жыл бұрын

U are that person and you are calling yourself legendary ... Nothing more shameful

@abz7800 Жыл бұрын

@@miyamoto900lollll I don’t think that’s the case

@asmodeusalice4139 Жыл бұрын

@@miyamoto900 wtf are u on meth

@bastiano33 Жыл бұрын

10 points to Gryffindoor!

@atallahraihan478 Жыл бұрын

Minus 10 Gazilion points from grrrrrrrifindor -snape

@u.v.s.5583 Жыл бұрын

Fame is not everything, Potter.

@TheMikkiHor 11 ай бұрын

*Ravenclaw

@JamesEvans2023 11 ай бұрын

I'm still hoping for a Hogwarts Oxford final one day...fingers crossed.

@user-bk9fk2tq2z 3 ай бұрын

Hermione Granger: "Yay!!!"

@SnikkerDerVon 11 ай бұрын

The pure joy i got from knowing an answer before all of them is immeasurable!

@richardawoyade8019 10 ай бұрын

I know right😂. But you can't compare their ocean of knowledge, trying to find a single information in it

@rex7418 9 ай бұрын

nerd🤓

@imyourrealsensei 9 ай бұрын

@@rex7418dumbass🤡

@jackdemetrick9102 9 ай бұрын

Yet there’s a reason you’re not up there

@Arthur-nj2ez 8 ай бұрын

I only knew the question whose answer was Macedonia

@be4st856 7 ай бұрын

34:10 i laughed so hard at the flinching with the pats on the back... These guys are so nerdy, but they're also just absolute legends 🤣

@jadentang2562 2 ай бұрын

nah ur a bastard for that

@dongshenwu 3 жыл бұрын

The top left guy is one of my current maths teachers!!! Can't believe my eyes when I see the thumbnail😂

@jamie-lee2887 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky boy!

@justsomegamerwithoutmustache 2 жыл бұрын

😲

@ms.perfectionist2835 2 жыл бұрын

Is it true

@Tom-vu1wr Жыл бұрын

@@ms.perfectionist2835 well he teaches at my school

@sindilesira1117 Жыл бұрын

He's a Sheldon Cooper

@frontoffice2101 Жыл бұрын

Just realized how genius I am. I answered all the questions correctly right after they answered.

@verifiedgentlemanbug Жыл бұрын

Me too I predicted the questions and I have already knew the answers even before the competition was planned to be held.

@alaasulaiman5719 Жыл бұрын

😂

@jonathanmejia4303 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@user-xf7rq7uu9g 2 ай бұрын

😂😂

@daydreamer7756 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for opening my eyes that i know nothing 😂.. you guys are amazing!

@johnpaulaparri2431 Жыл бұрын

😂

@gabrielsalami64 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@illacrow906 Жыл бұрын

Me too... i don't even graduate..only till secondary school

@humanaccount2754 Жыл бұрын

i havent watched it all yet but so many of these questions r so useless lol

@Firedog-jk2ef Жыл бұрын

@@humanaccount2754 that is kind of how general trivia be

@all-caps3927 9 ай бұрын

I would love to see Oxford and Cambridge team interviews on where these students learnt all these facts which regular human beings struggle to even understand what the question being asked is in order to provide any sort of fact in the first place. Across such a wide variety of topics and question types it's almost unbelievable how they know so much STUFF!

@johnnycrow206 4 ай бұрын

It's practice and study

@user-nb3mq3cg8k 2 ай бұрын

Read encyclopedia Britannica

@danielholmqvist2713 11 ай бұрын

This video is so british it colonized my phone

@jhoandanilo2555 Ай бұрын

Hahahah good one

@user-ej2pf1he1c 18 күн бұрын

😂😂

@jihadullahbasharyar6253 10 ай бұрын

The students are so polite and calm.

@os.a.m.a 9 ай бұрын

What else would you expect from students representing 2 of the best universities in the world

@jamie-lee2887 3 жыл бұрын

I saw Richard Freeland on University Challenge years ago. He's still brilliant and absolutely lovely.

@YTviewer118 Жыл бұрын

They all have such a typical look, it's really quite unique how looks can in fact tell you a lot about a person.

@BenHax Жыл бұрын

Physiognomy is correct most of the time.

@Ok....- Жыл бұрын

Failure of crossing over ?

@godlovesyou1995 Жыл бұрын

@@BenHax well those who prize high intelligence will wish to present themselves as intelligent

@gjorgji9339 11 ай бұрын

Yes the looks of losers

@cookieking1996 11 ай бұрын

Nerds

@chvrleshd 2 жыл бұрын

14:33 all of them were in sync with head movement

@maximnarodytskyy6973 Жыл бұрын

😂

@alexbarnett6488 4 жыл бұрын

1:14 the way the top left guy claps🤣🤣🤣posh boy

@chrinarai 3 жыл бұрын

I think he's on the spectrum bro

@alexbarnett6488 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrinarai why tf was i watching this

@kanthony9154 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexbarnett6488 real talk why am I here🤣

@hannahrepollo Ай бұрын

@@kanthony9154 LMAOO REAL BRUH

@ecclesiaid7943 11 ай бұрын

The guy on the left from Oxford University is just brilliant

@lilswtangel92 10 ай бұрын

Yup. Couldn’t agree more.

@hplus1 Жыл бұрын

they're all exactly how you'd expect them to look

@theengineergaming Жыл бұрын

They’re answering quicker than I can process the question

@weinershnitzel5498 7 ай бұрын

My favorite aspect of this competition was how well the teams were rounded out... each person complimented the other with his knowledge. You could tell when someone was in their field of expertise..

@felicegreece Жыл бұрын

The One Cambridge guy not wearing glasses is so sweet

@rogorix4991 Жыл бұрын

Being able to answer a science question then a random knowledge one back to back is the best feeling

@user-nb3mq3cg8k 2 ай бұрын

Amazing that they are well versed in General Knowledge that fluctuate randomly in time. To very specific geographical region- to specific books- concepts in specialized fields so on!

@zimviolencetv Жыл бұрын

You making that impact on every video Mr Birioti . Keep it up we need more of these

@flower_bee3864 3 жыл бұрын

I thought the 2 guys with glasses from Oxford University are twins- the guys who sat beside each other. Btw, they are all amazing. Congratulations.

@Specimenrealm Жыл бұрын

Great minds right here, pleasure to watch.

@lilswtangel92 10 ай бұрын

They all did great! Hope everyone is doing well and have a good life. God bless y’all ❤

@MapleInYoutube 5 ай бұрын

The comeback from cambridge at the middle was really entertaining haha, they were down 85 points, and they managed to overtake oxford by 5. Simply genius, especially from Krol!

@MsFanpireProductions 5 ай бұрын

This makes it pointless to watch haha

@Sammie551 Ай бұрын

Oxford made a great comeback

@Merchand737 11 ай бұрын

Well done guys. You are real hard-fought. It's easy to go around social media from morning to night and rant as if you know something. you chose the hard way and it's not for everyone.

@manika.grg8 Жыл бұрын

i am 3 minutes in watching this and i dont understand a word. lord theyre good thoughh

@castelodeossos5042 Жыл бұрын

I've watched very many episodes of University Challenge with Jeremy Paxman reading the questions. And I've never had any difficulty understanding the questions. But here, they're difficult to understand because of less than clear diction. It is a bother to listen to.

@charlieworsley6060 Жыл бұрын

@@castelodeossos5042 this message is typed exactly how i would assume a university challenge watcher would type

@castelodeossos5042 Жыл бұрын

@@charlieworsley6060 Hahr hahr, clever boy. Better now?

@jonalderson5571 Жыл бұрын

Each team needs a token guy without glasses

@nathan87 Жыл бұрын

has wokism gone too far?

@zeruzio1345 Жыл бұрын

He's the jock.

@oabros2619 Жыл бұрын

Guys it’s not always about the university it’s also about the personal effort

@u.v.s.5583 Жыл бұрын

I don't think this sort of facts is even taught at a university. This is stuff you either know or do not know long before finishing grammar school.

@lordfarquaad6339 11 ай бұрын

Some is taught, I knew a lot of the STEM questions from uni. The history/art/architecture/literature/political deep cuts are self taught

@vichikes 3 ай бұрын

@@u.v.s.5583A lot of it absolutely is taught in university. Some of the literature might not be in most classes but the science absolutely is. The current events you can get by following world news

@Anja-ec7gl 5 ай бұрын

I would be so interested what all these guys are currently doing. They are so amazing!

@XavierMarxTreasureHunts Жыл бұрын

Well done, lads.

@nemo7840 Жыл бұрын

Is anyone else here trying to answer the questions? I've been able to answer one of them spot on and I feel so good about myself rn

@PharmacistShams Жыл бұрын

Absolutely i didn’t understand anything but I really enjoyed watching this

@syscabmcommunity3368 Жыл бұрын

I was very concerned for Oxford in the starting,, but look it you beat the champion..

@ricardofont4395 11 ай бұрын

I feel perfectly comfortable with the fact that I got 3 questions right 😂

@TheGauravkumarrathore Жыл бұрын

34:01 the last decisive question was about economics and Oxford team had a economics student , he answered it correctly 🤔

@coelestium8755 5 ай бұрын

incredible, how do they prepare for this??? genuinely very curious

@rushaan07 4 жыл бұрын

You had to look at their faces during the first question🤣🤣

@user-gw5zf2nf3e 6 ай бұрын

We need more of these videos Amazing

@ShahryarKhan-KHANSOLO- 2 ай бұрын

Amazing performance by both teams 👏 Hats off

@insertnameatgmaildotcom Жыл бұрын

I just like how both teams have one guy not wearing glasses

@lenain3932 Жыл бұрын

I don't even understand where the questions begins and ends

@sandersp5713 Жыл бұрын

Could any of this lot play away at stoke on a cold wet Wednesday?

@lx4302 Жыл бұрын

These guys are brilliant, how does a person even memorize these facts? From books, shows, or practice?

@macharrington7733 Жыл бұрын

By not spending 10% of your life watching people chase a ball...

@cryxzytheprodigy Жыл бұрын

@@macharrington7733 bro be quiet football is not just chasing a ball, thats what your mom does

@thepatrusnostor5794 Жыл бұрын

@@macharrington7733He visto 20 años de mi vida perseguir gente con la pelota y me gusta más eso que estudiar. Aprender para mi es sencillo, me encanta y se bastante sobre casi todos los temas. La diferencia es que tome ese camino porque no pude ser futbolista. P.D: Aunque creo que los nerds que jugamos fútbol no odiamos el fútbol por eso ( porque sabemos jugar) en cambio otros nerd odiaban el fútbol porque no sabían jugar.

@XarSir. Жыл бұрын

@@macharrington7733I can tell your an obese fuck

@Zxl.. Жыл бұрын

Practice

@clayroberts2951 Жыл бұрын

When they asked the question about Mississippi I was thinking finally a question I know but no. Although for the question after it would’ve helped to know geography and geopolitical context, Tennessee borders Mississippi so when they said “well not Mississippi, Utah?” I knew it wasn’t going to be right.

@historiaearqueologia Жыл бұрын

Esse é o tipo de amigos que eu gostaria de ter e andar com eles. Só gente boa, gente que pensa , estuda e muito, pesquisa etc

@Msteteuzinhofuu Жыл бұрын

É só ir pra essa universidade que vc consegue

@cristianoronaldocareca2796 Жыл бұрын

Bolsonaristas

@Msteteuzinhofuu Жыл бұрын

@@cristianoronaldocareca2796 Faz o L

@xeremn6388 10 ай бұрын

queria muito entender tipo como esses caras aprenderam coisas tão aleatórias de uma maneira tão detalhada… é simplesmente incrível ou será q antes das competições eles recebem algo como oq os alunos aq no br recebem p fazer uma prova (algo como guia doq estudar)

@wichtigja4323 9 ай бұрын

@@xeremn6388I think of course they get, how they should otherwise answer questions like this

@roryh2241 11 ай бұрын

I don’t know about yall but I loved pausing it in the middle of questions and looking for things up so I could get it before they could

@ulquiorra8197 10 ай бұрын

It's not the battle of school it is a battle of student even how hard you teach it depends on a students if they grow

@Theplanet_Information 11 ай бұрын

this inspired me to read more and expand my knowledge, thank you!!

@mymusicmindmmm2542 11 ай бұрын

Reminder to keep going

@os.a.m.a 9 ай бұрын

The opposite here. I should focus on useful knowledge

@juancarlosjosephmedinareta7942 Жыл бұрын

How do they get ready for the subjetc the judge ask? do they have a list of subjetcs that are going to be taken? or they only read a lot about the differents aspects of the world xd?

@gooscarguitar Жыл бұрын

It's quizbowl so the distribution of questions is the same for each match - e.g. 4 history questions, 4 literature questions, 1 each on biology, chemistry and physics

@bmilner1911 3 жыл бұрын

Richard freeland! That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time

@faeancestor Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@MariaLopez-ve1tv 8 ай бұрын

Can they press the button at any point during a starter question? Or do they have to wait until he's done

@expeditioner9322 7 ай бұрын

How do these guys prepare?

@chdhananjayshankarrao6963 10 ай бұрын

I didn't enjoyed the questions but i enjoyed their efforts

@kencur9690 11 ай бұрын

“Thank you ladies and gentlemen, the quiz is now over, with our two contestants leading with equal score. Well done to both. Our third contestant seems to have an answer to his first question. Is that correct Ken?” “Yes, Andy, that is correct. I believe I have the answer to your question: my username is Ken.” “And a well done to you for that answer. As they say, better late than never. That’s it for now, we’ll see you next time.”

@cayde7293 11 ай бұрын

I’m proud to say I knew FOUR of these

@imtiajakash3815 11 ай бұрын

I'm from Bangladesh This is a excellent competition between Oxford vs Cambridge 🥰

@DHU11 Жыл бұрын

I got the Hannah Arendt one right I felt like Einstein bro

@MikeFuller-ok6ok 5 ай бұрын

I got Wales for the poets RS and Dylan, I thought of 'The Fly' but couldn't remember 'The Lord of the Flies', I got John von Neumann, I was thinking of Judy Dench but didn't come out with her name, and I got Hegel. I feel humbled by these student's knowledge though! There is nothing better in life than to know things and be enthusiastic about such knowledge.

@trevorsullivan594 11 ай бұрын

What are the components of an Infinity Edge?

@user-rrrkkk64 Жыл бұрын

They are already British enough to understand the accent in which the questions are being asked to them😂

@Rezayyyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

Wow! These guys' memory is on a whole another level (seeing a thing, name once and can remember it forever) OR they are given a book or something to read from it before this competition!! How the hell I am supposed to remember Robert Kirkman was the director of walking dead?

@thepatrusnostor5794 Жыл бұрын

Obsesionate con ello , que sea como el sexo y usa imágenes para recordarlo. Te apuesto que lo harás

@HenryChewings 11 ай бұрын

@@thepatrusnostor5794have sex while studying?

@avisiktachakraborty3438 2 жыл бұрын

Leading known of competition.....grow and confident

@LMArtYT 11 ай бұрын

How would you prepare for this?

@bobmarley1137 Жыл бұрын

30:35 James lost his cool for a second there, fingers quivering and all. Props to these lads though, brilliant performance.

@madamlemongrab1619 11 ай бұрын

Do you know his Instagram?

@alnatsya 6 ай бұрын

@@madamlemongrab1619 they are cambridge students, do you really think any of them would be using social media?

@carl-alan7358 5 ай бұрын

@@alnatsya probably not, since they all most likely have no socials whatsoever to begin with

@mkz2386 5 ай бұрын

@@alnatsya lmao they're still people

@Sammie551 Ай бұрын

@@alnatsyaexactly

@user-bk9fk2tq2z 3 ай бұрын

Lord Of The Flies and angular velocity, pretty straightforward. Both teams had very good players.

@weekendguy100 Жыл бұрын

So happy to see chemistry here :)

@christinacascadilla4473 Жыл бұрын

It’s sometimes hard to hear the questions. I got the first one, though, because I used to hang out where Dylan Thomas drank himself to death.

@ananyaupadhya1974 4 жыл бұрын

Does LSE do well in the circuit?

@DreamtOfSleep Жыл бұрын

@LucienPresseau 8 күн бұрын

I do Quizbowl in the US, and it’s nice to see how it’s different in the UK

@hellloooopeopleee 6 ай бұрын

THE FEELING WHEN U GET ONE BEFORE THEM IS AMAZING 😂😂😂

@chendy7722 Жыл бұрын

got em all right would like a challenge next time please

@hearturself Жыл бұрын

💀 yea right

@user-lt5no1xt1z Жыл бұрын

i only knew the mahabharat question haha.. nice work

@mohitmenaria9475 8 ай бұрын

i got 4 answers right and i was thinking that i know a-lot THANKS for opening my eyes, my ears, my mind and Special thanks for shutting my mouth

@caramelsmoothie5218 8 ай бұрын

But how do you prepare for all this

@IhabSlamani 3 жыл бұрын

Cambridge is the best 😎

@ronakftx4199 Жыл бұрын

Oh Wow that Mahabharata questions they were answering is really impressive ❤

@u.v.s.5583 Жыл бұрын

Well, you can't be a competitive erudite person without knowing that kind of stuff.

@fabian9164 7 ай бұрын

You guys are amazing 🤩

@SuperLegend-ry2cp 8 ай бұрын

What a comeback Oxford!

@pokurisai6244 Жыл бұрын

I can’t even understand the question and what the answer even means

@MrDrawingChannel 11 ай бұрын

AS a Balinese & Hindu : im impressed with their Mahabarata knowledge !!

@mikkeladamsen8380 5 ай бұрын

I knew the answer to one of the questions! Great succes!

@provadas3507 9 ай бұрын

Can anyone tell me what is the name of without spectacles guy from Cambridge, I didn’t understand it.

@gooscarguitar 9 ай бұрын

Joseph. His surname's on the screen

@eliesehrhart-stoetzel7563 Жыл бұрын

damn that's a lot of square glasses

@Naz200z Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂❤

@baharguelser Жыл бұрын

The guys from University of Cambridge look like The Big Bang Theory cast :)

@JackoJ15 8 ай бұрын

Good to see the future of MI6 having a nice day out here.

@edydarminto161 9 ай бұрын

Perfect combinated teams

@markkennedy9767 Жыл бұрын

The PhD in Algebra guy forgot to clap for the other team

@andrewallison9985 8 ай бұрын

This guys are excellent

@MM.Funny. 7 ай бұрын

Just Freeland smarts , look his strange momvements indicate his sharp intelligence 😮

@Sammie551 Ай бұрын

These*

@Sammie551 Ай бұрын

Look at*, Movements*

@rhathakuanswang6905 4 күн бұрын

I think about the Big Bang Theory watching these guys...Terrific and Legend

@Snowmaninchristmas Ай бұрын

Even I did not get the entire question, I still nod my head and think about my dinner.

@mobbnils8580 Жыл бұрын

Do they have female students too?

@Heatwave9000 Ай бұрын

No women allowed